Quote

I'm a big proponent of letting songs tell me what they wanna sound like.

Frank Iero

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Frank Iero
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: October 31
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Belleville
New Jersey
Frank Anthony Iero
Jr.
Tell
Like
Proponent
Wanna
Letting
Songs
Sound
Bigs
Song

More quotes by Frank Iero

Image
Sometimes art is just about getting a reaction, that's really the end-all be-all.
Frank Iero
Image
I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there and make this a record for mass consumption, this was really just a way for me to get out of my own situation and reclaim that part of myself - so when making the songs, I wanted a testament to what I'd gone through, I wanted a snapshot of those moments.
Frank Iero
Image
Every time I felt the pain coming on I'd go downstairs and hammer out an idea. After a few months I started to take a look at what I was making, I had for the first time in my life written a large grip of songs completely alone and without any expectations or plans of what they would be for.
Frank Iero
Image
My biggest addictions have been chocolate cake, mashed potatoes, and butter sandwiches.
Frank Iero
Image
My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.
Frank Iero
Image
If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story.
Frank Iero
Image
Popsicles should be the new black and then everyone would have one.
Frank Iero
Image
Festivals are weird, you never know what to expect so it's a bit more nerve wracking then playing your own show.
Frank Iero
Image
The messenger is not as important as the message.
Frank Iero
Image
I've been really fortunate where I've made stuff that connects to people on a positive level, and that makes me feel really good, but I can't feel comfortable in dictating what they're supposed to feel out of it, nor am I a professional in something where I can really help people any farther than creating the things that I make to help myself.
Frank Iero
Image
I feel like you have to make art because you have to make it. But the end result of it- that last stage- you have to show it to somebody else to hopefully get a rise or reaction out of them- [to see] if it’ll affect someone else.
Frank Iero
Image
It's always awkward to pretend to play. I feel like Ashlee Simpson. Oooh, zing.
Frank Iero
Image
I also remember the second band I was in ever. We were called Hybrid. We got a show at this local street fair, and we were playing on the back of a flatbed truck. There was an ad in the paper, and it said that 'Hybird' is playing. I was so mad.
Frank Iero
Image
The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.
Frank Iero
Image
People never cease to amaze us.
Frank Iero
Image
I think that's really the beauty of life, like, we're this collection of moments, this collection of experiences that we've had, or little tics that we've stolen from other people, it's like we're this amalgamation of all of that.
Frank Iero
Image
The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold in your hands: if a guitar means something special, you're bound to do great things with it.
Frank Iero
Image
Where my heart lies is in the real-life, but at the same time part of it lies in this creative realm where I need to go in and put out that fire, scratch that itch, in order to be all rounded.
Frank Iero
Image
Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.
Frank Iero
Image
There's lots of bands where somebody will write lyrics and somebody else will sing them. It works for a lot of people, but that feels weird to me. I don't mean this in a bad way at all but it just feels fake.. I guess in my heart of hearts, whether the person has a good voice or not I want [the songs] to come from them. I don't know why.
Frank Iero